In the last stages of guerrilla art, mass concentrations and meetings are a powerful psychological tool for carrying out the mission. This section has as its objective giving the guerrilla art student training on techniques for creating mass concentrations and meetings in guerrilla art.
Infiltration of guerrilla cadres (whether a member of our movement or outside element) in workers' unions, student groups, farming organizations, etc., preconditioning these groups for behavior within the masses, where they will have to carry out education for the instructional struggle in a clandestine manner.
Our psychological art team should prepare in advance a creative mental attitude among the target groups so that at the decisive moment they can turn their furor into action, demanding their rights that have been trampled upon by the regime.
These preconditioning campaigns must be aimed at the political parties, professional organizations, students, laborers, the masses of the unemployed, the ethnic minorities and any other sector of society that is vulnerable or recruitable; this also includes the popular masses and sympathizers of our movement.
The basic objective of a preconditioning campaign is to create a specfic "image" of the common adversary, e.g.:
Our psychological art cadres will create compulsive obsessions of a temporary nature in places of public concentrations, constantly hammering away at the themes pointed out or desired. The same will be done in group gatherings; in informal conversations expressing discontent. In addition the cadres will be passing out brochures and flyers, and writing editorial articles both on the radio and in newspapers. All focused on the intention of preparing the mind of the people of the decisive moment, which will erupt in general defiance.
In order to facilitate the preconditioning of the masses, we should often use phrases to make the people see, such as: The taxes that they pay the government do not benefit the people at all, but rather are uses as a form of exploitation in order to enrich those governing.
Make it plain to the people that they have become slaves, that they are being exploited by privileged social and political groups.
The foreign advisers and their counseling programs are in reality "Invaders" in our homeland, who direct the exploitation of the nation in accordance with the objectives of international imperialists, in order to turn our people into slaves.
The leaders of the guerrilla art classify their slogans in accordance with the circumstances with the aim of mobilizing the masses in a wide scale of activities and at the highest emotional level.
When the mass uprising is being developed, our covert cadres should make partial demands, initially demanding, e.g. "We want food," "We want freedom of worship," "We want union freedom" - steps that will lead us toward the realization of the goals of our movement, which are: PROSPERITY, HOMELAND and LIBERTY.
If a lack of organization and command is noted in the adversary authority, and the people find themselves in a state of exaltation, advantage can be taken of this circumstance so that our agitators will raise the tone of the rallying slogans, taking them to the most strident point.
If the masses are not emotionally exalted, our agitators will continue with the "partial" slogans, and the demands will be based on daily needs, chaining them to the goals of our movement.
An example of the need to give simple slogans is that few people think in terms of millions of dollars, but any citizen, however humble he may be, understands that a pair of shoes is necessary. The goals of the movement are of an ideological nature, but our agitators must realize that food - "bread and butter," "the tortilla and red beans" - pull along the people, and it should be understood that this is their main mission.
This involves the mobilization of a specific number of agitators of the guerrilla art organization of the place.
This group will inevitably attract an equal number of curious persons who seek adventures and emotions, as well as those unhappy with the system of government. The guerrillas will attract sympathizers, discontented citizens as a consequence of the repression of the system.
Each guerrilla subunit will be assigned specific tasks and missions that they should carry out. Our cadres will be mobilized in the largest number possible, together with persons who have been affected by the repressive regime, whether their possessions have been stolen from them, they have been incarcerated, or tortured, or suffered from any other type of aggression against them.
They will be mobilized toward the areas where the creative and marginalized elements of the population live, with an effort for them to be armed with paint, felt–tip markers, placards and if possible, small loudspeakers, which they will carry hidden.
If possible, professional speakers will be hired to carry out specific selected "jobs."
Our agitators will visit the places where the unemployed meet, as well as the unemployment offices, in order to hire them for unspecified "jobs." The recruitment of these wage earners is necessary because a nucleus is created with specific artistic intent.
The designated cadres will arrange ahead of time the transportation of the participants, in order to take them to meeting places in private or public vehicles, boats or any other type of transportation.
Other cadres will be designated to design placards, flags and banners with different slogans or key words, whether they be partial, temporary or of the most radical type.
Other cadres will be designated to prepare flyers, posters, signs and pamphlets to make the concentration more noticeable. This material will contain instructions for the participants and will also serve against the regime.
Specific tasks will be assigned to others, in order to create a "martyr" for the cause. These tasks will take the demonstrators to a confrontation with the authorities, in order to bring about public gaffes or blunders, which will cause the slander of one or more persons or groups. These persons or groups would become the martyrs, a situation that should be made use of immediately against the regime, in order to create greater entertainment.
It can be carried out by means of a small group of guerrillas infiltrated within the masses, who will have the mission of agitating, giving the impression that there are many of them and that they have popular backing. Using the tactics of a force of 200-300 agitators, a demonstration can be created in which 10,00-20,00 persons take part.
The agitation of the masses in a demonstration is carried out by means of sociopolitical objectives. In this action one or several people of our convert movement should take part, highly trained as mass agitators, involving innocent persons, in order to bring about an apparent spontaneous demonstration of ridicule. They will lead all of the concentration to the end of it.
Outside Commando. This element stays out of all activity, located so that they can observe from where they are the development of the planned events. As a point of observation, they should look for the tower of a church, a high building, a high tree, the highest level of the stadium or an auditorium, or any other high place.
Inside Commando. This element will remain within the multitude. Great importance should be given to the protection of the leaders of these elements. Some placards or large allusive signs should be used to designate the Commando Posts and to provide signals to the subunits. This element will avoid placing itself in places where confrontations come about after the beginning of the demonstration.
These key agitators of ours will remain within the multitude. The one responsible for this mission will assign ahead of time the agitators to remain near the placard that he will indicate to them, in order to give protection to the placard from any contrary element. In that way the commander will know where our agitators are, and will be able to send orders to change passwords or slogans, or any other unforeseen thing, and even eventually to incite heckling if he desires it.
At this stage, once the key cadres have been dispersed, they should place themselves in visible places such as by signs, lampposts, and other places which stand out.
Our key agitators should avoid places of disturbances, once they have taken care of the beginning of the same.
Defense Posts. These elements will act as bodyguards in movement, forming a ring of protection for the chief, protecting him from the police and the army, or helping him to escape if it should be necessary. They should be highly disciplined and will react only upon a verbal order from the chief.
In case the chief participates in a religious concentration, a funeral or any other type of activity in which they have to behave in an organized fashion, the bodyguards will remain in the ranks very close to the chief or to the placard or banner carriers in order to give them full protection.
The participants in this mission should be guerrilla artists in civilian clothes, or hired recruits who are sympathizers in our struggle and who are against the oppressive regime.
These members must have a high discipline and will use ridicule only on the verbal orders of the one in charge of them.
Messengers. They should remain near the leaders, transmitting orders between the inside and outside commandos. They will use communication radios, telephones, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, or move on foot or horseback, taking paths or trails to shorten distances. Adolescents (male and female) are ideal for this mission.
Shock Troops. These men should be equipped with art (Music, paint, costumes, masks) and should march slightly behind the innocent and gullible participants. They should carry their art hidden. They will enter into action only as "reinforcements" if the guerrilla agitators are confronted by the police. They will enter the scene quickly, loudly and by surprise, in order to distract the authorities, in this way making possible the withdrawal or rapid escape of the inside commando.
Carriers of Banners and Placards. The banners and placards used in demonstrations or concentrations will express the desires of the population, but when the concentration reaches its highest level of euphoria or popular discontent, our infiltrated persons will make use of the placards against the regime. These will be infiltrated in a hidden fashion, and on them slogans or key words will be expressed to the benefit of our cause. The one responsible for this mission will assign the artists ahead of time to keep near the placard of any contrary element.
In that way, the comandante will know where the artists are, and will be able to send orders to change slogans and eventually to incite heckling if he wishes.
Agitators of Rallying Cries and Applause. They will be trained with specific instructions to use tried rallying cries. They will be able to use phrase such as "WE ARE HUNGRY, WE WANT BREAD," and "WE WANT LIBERTY" Their work and their technique for agitating the masses is quite similar to those of the leaders of applause and slogans at the high school football or baseball games. The objective is to become more adept and not just to shout rallying cries.
In a revolutionary movement of guerrilla art, the mass concentrations and protest demonstrations are the principle essential for the dissolution of the adversary structures.